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the violence came during a protest against the regime of assad in damascus and other cities. government troops shot dead five people. reports from homes they that soldiers fired into a crowd following friday prayers. now to talk about a site we have never seen before at a meeting of european finance ministersrs >> and beyond that, not the most popular site. u.s. treasury secretary timothy geithner did not get an especially warm reception when he g ge minister's advice on how solve the debt crisis on friday. on the whole, they seem to think the u.s. should focus on its own problems and leave fixing the eurozone to him. >> u.s. treasury secretary timothy geithner shared a laugh , but it ended less happily. they failed to find common ground with their guests from washington. >> to be telling us the way the world works even though the data shows we are in a better position and to be telling us what to do with tax revenues and at the same time immediately reject a sensible measure, i found that unjustified. >> of the sensible measure is the german french push for a financial trans
the violence came during a protest against the regime of assad in damascus and other cities. government troops shot dead five people. reports from homes they that soldiers fired into a crowd following friday prayers. now to talk about a site we have never seen before at a meeting of european finance ministersrs >> and beyond that, not the most popular site. u.s. treasury secretary timothy geithner did not get an especially warm reception when he g ge minister's advice on how solve the...
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they're trying to hold the core of the city, the main stronghold for president bashar al-assad. in northern mali, french ground troops battled islamist rebels overnight, outside the city of gao. it was new evidence that while the french have retaken key cities, the insurgents have not yet been routed from the countryside. meanwhile, french and malian soldiers found caches of industrial-strength explosives and makeshift bomb labs. the rebels had hidden them outside gao. u.s. investigators said today they are not ready to rule that lithium ion batteries used in boeing's 787 dreamliners are inherently unsafe for aviation. instead, the national transportation safety board said manufacturers need to build in better safeguards. at the same time, the board said investigators are still weeks away from determining what caused a battery fire on a japan airlines dreamliner in boston. in the meantime, all 50 of the planes in service, remain grounded. budget battle cries echoed up and down pennsylvania avenue in washington today. president obama called yesterday for a small package of tax hi
they're trying to hold the core of the city, the main stronghold for president bashar al-assad. in northern mali, french ground troops battled islamist rebels overnight, outside the city of gao. it was new evidence that while the french have retaken key cities, the insurgents have not yet been routed from the countryside. meanwhile, french and malian soldiers found caches of industrial-strength explosives and makeshift bomb labs. the rebels had hidden them outside gao. u.s. investigators said...
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the protests came two days after thousands of indonesians had protests in five cities. the top u.s. and nato commander in afghanistan, general petraeus, has warned the burning could endanger u.s. troops. the u.s.-led occupation of afghanistan seeking an additional 2,000 froops to join the 140,000 already on the ground. according to the associated press, general petraeus recently submitted request to nato command. it's unclear how many new troops would be americans. the associate press is also reporting the u.s. now expects to spend around $6 billion a year on training and backing the afghan military after u.s. troops are supposed to begin withdrawing next year. in iraq, 12 people were killed and dozens wounded sunday in a gun fight involving u.s. troops. iraqi forces called in u.s. backup after iraqi militants attacked a military compound in baghdad. it was first known firefight involving u.s. troops in the iraqi capital since the nominal end of the u.s. combat mission last week. in bahrain, a government crackdown on opposition and human rights activists has escalated with a new rou
the protests came two days after thousands of indonesians had protests in five cities. the top u.s. and nato commander in afghanistan, general petraeus, has warned the burning could endanger u.s. troops. the u.s.-led occupation of afghanistan seeking an additional 2,000 froops to join the 140,000 already on the ground. according to the associated press, general petraeus recently submitted request to nato command. it's unclear how many new troops would be americans. the associate press is also...
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among them, a look at the lives of women who work in the city's garment factories. you can find a link to global post's web site on ours at newshour.pbs.org. >> lehrer: again, the major developments of the day: president obama proposed $300 billion in tax incentives for business. on the "newshour" tonight, treasury secretary geithner said the damage from the recession an internal report issued by b.p. blamed the largest oil spill in u.s. history on a series of human and mechanical errors. and the pastor of a small church in florida refused to back down from plans to burn copies of the koran on the 9th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. and to hari sreenivasan, in our newsroom, for what's on the "newshour" online. hari? >> sreenivasan: we report again from the gov 2.0 summit-- a meeting about transparency in government data. learn how the district of columbia shared data during this winter's blizzards and how a national database hopes to help everyone identify pills. health care reform hits the airwaves ahead of the midterm elections. watch the latest political ads. an
among them, a look at the lives of women who work in the city's garment factories. you can find a link to global post's web site on ours at newshour.pbs.org. >> lehrer: again, the major developments of the day: president obama proposed $300 billion in tax incentives for business. on the "newshour" tonight, treasury secretary geithner said the damage from the recession an internal report issued by b.p. blamed the largest oil spill in u.s. history on a series of human and...
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the protesters blocked a main coastal highway between the cities of tartous and banias. the men were detained in that area. witnesses reported about a hundred of the detainees were later released. a federal jury in san francisco has convicted former major league baseball's home run king barry bonds of obstruction of justice. the jury deadlocked on three other counts in the former star's perjury trial. the judge declared a mistrial on those. bonds was accused of lying to a federal grand jury when he denied that he knowingly used steroids and human growth hormone. stereo equipment magnate and "newsweek" magazine owner sidney harman died late tuesday in washington. a family statement cited complications from leukemia. harman made his fortune in the 1950s, as his company harman kardon pioneered the first high- fidelity stereo receivers. later, he served in the commerce department under president carter, and was married to former congresswoman jane harman of california. sidney harman was 92 years old. those are some of the day's major stories. now, back to gwen. >> ifill: as
the protesters blocked a main coastal highway between the cities of tartous and banias. the men were detained in that area. witnesses reported about a hundred of the detainees were later released. a federal jury in san francisco has convicted former major league baseball's home run king barry bonds of obstruction of justice. the jury deadlocked on three other counts in the former star's perjury trial. the judge declared a mistrial on those. bonds was accused of lying to a federal grand jury...
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today, amateur video showed thousands of protesters in the capital of sanaa, and other major cities, demanding saleh's resignation. in libya today, rebels advanced on two remaining strongholds of deposed leader moammar qaddafi. dozens of armed vehicles in bani walid made their way into the city center, exchanging gunfire with pro-qaddafi loyalists. the fighters also faced resistance from sniper fire. a convoy of rebel tanks mounted with anti-aircraft guns also made its way into gadhafi's hometown, sirte, before retreating from rocket fire by qaddafi loyalists. the fighting comes amid a visit from turkish prime minister recep tayyip erdogan. he urged gadhafi's forces to lay down their arms. >> ( translated ): right now, we have a very difficult situation and fighting going on in sirte. i urge all the people, all our brothers there, to join the people of benghazi and stop the bloodshed. give your hand to each other. no need to have more people dead, more blood. do not resist. this is the end. this is the time to join your brothers. >> sreenivasan: also today, white house deputy nationa
today, amateur video showed thousands of protesters in the capital of sanaa, and other major cities, demanding saleh's resignation. in libya today, rebels advanced on two remaining strongholds of deposed leader moammar qaddafi. dozens of armed vehicles in bani walid made their way into the city center, exchanging gunfire with pro-qaddafi loyalists. the fighters also faced resistance from sniper fire. a convoy of rebel tanks mounted with anti-aircraft guns also made its way into gadhafi's...
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the steel plant in kansas city where people's jobs are lost. >> well, if you look here you can see the play button, they also put the videos on this romney economics web site to make it very easy for people to see both a two-minute version and the six-minute longer version where very heart felt pleas by people who worked here saying if bain hadn't come in, if romney hadn't been here we would still have jobs and we wouldn't have lost our pension. >> can we see an excerpt of that? >> why don't we go to the videotape? >> suarez: i think we can. >> it came in and sucked the life out of us. >> it was like watching an old friend bleed to death. >> as i look around at the millions of americans without work, it breaks my heart. >> suarez: let's remember that if you had to buy the national time to show this to 185 million people that would be expensive. this is cheap. >> the obama campaign told me it has put this... a version of this ad on the evening news in five states. that's a drop in the bucket. didn't cost them very much. putting it on the web, driving it through social media, creating th
the steel plant in kansas city where people's jobs are lost. >> well, if you look here you can see the play button, they also put the videos on this romney economics web site to make it very easy for people to see both a two-minute version and the six-minute longer version where very heart felt pleas by people who worked here saying if bain hadn't come in, if romney hadn't been here we would still have jobs and we wouldn't have lost our pension. >> can we see an excerpt of that?...